Michael Vaughan's Blog, page 30

Kevin Pietersen's intimidating century for England gives his side a platform to salvage South Africa Test series

Thanks to Kevin Pietersen, England will be able to take something out of this game. Pietersen is the best and most gifted batsman that I ever played with and on Saturday he intimidated the opposition as nobody else could have done.

England v South Africa: Andrew Strauss's men under starter's orders in Headingley Test

England have shown a lot of character in the past by recovering from heavy defeats to win the next Test but this is their biggest challenge on home shores for a long, long time.

London 2012 Olympics: sportsmen playing on in the rain at Lord's? That won’t catch on

Americans chanting “U-S-A” and Spandau Ballet’s Gold blaring out of the loud speakers. Welcome to Lord’s, Olympic style.

England v South Africa: history tells us that Andrew Strauss's men may have already lost this Test series

England be warned. When Graeme Smith makes a hundred in the first Test against us he goes on and has a great series.

England v South Africa: Michael Vaughan casts his eye over the tourists' team for first Test at the Oval

Former England captain casts his eye over the tourists' bowling attack.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith will look at this England side and be worried

A three-Test series against South Africa is disappointing and both sets of players plus fans and commentators would like to see four or even five matches between two very strong sides.

All-round greatness of South Africa's Jacques Kallis faces a real test against England, says Michael Vaughan

Jacques Kallis has scored 12,000 Test runs over a 17-year career, while also rolling his arm over and taking 276 Test wickets. Surely this makes him the greatest all-rounder ever?

Shane Warne is wrong, England are very wary of Australia in this one-day series, says Michael Vaughan

Shane Warne used his Telegraph Sport column earlier this week to suggest there was an arrogance and over-confidence about beating Australia from certain former players and commentators.

Five things we learnt from England versus West Indies series

The former England captain says the hosts took many positives from their 2-0 victory, but there are areas that need working on ahead of the Test series against South Africa.

Kevin Pietersen must prove to Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower he is committed to England's Ashes cause

If I was a member of the England management I would want a written promise from Kevin Pietersen that he is committed to playing in the next two Ashes series.